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Monday morning has broken, like the first morning Magpie has spoken, like the first bird* Welcome to another week-long Magpie Monday fest (well, Friday is only Video Friday, but a week full of posts!). Please to enjoy these dainty dishes … Continue reading →

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with another installment to come on Wednesday, and two art MMs on Tuesday and Thursday, so with Video Friday it’s a full week of mayhem here…) ♦ WELCOME TO … Continue reading →

Here’s the shiny stuff that caught my eye last week: ♦ In case you didn’t know, Japanese schoolgirls rock. Case in point: a new fad where the young ladies take photos of themselves imitating the Kamehameha, an energy attack seen … Continue reading →

Here’s what shiny that caught my eye last week: ♦ The Art of Spring and Mythic March. Spring officially hit the calendars last week, but I think many people would consider that idea a bit ludicrous, given how cold it’s … Continue reading →

"How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, trans. M.D. Herter Norton